Foundations Chapter 31 Study Guide Questions

Front 1

An experience a person is exposed to, through a stimulus or stressor

Back 1

stress

Front 2

Dusruptive forces operating within or on any system

Back 2

stressors

Front 3

How people interpret the impact of the stressor on themselves.

Back 3

appraisal

Front 4

___________ is experienced when symptoms persist beyound the duration of the stressor.

Back 4

trauma

Front 5

_____________ is the arousal of the sympathetic nervous system

Back 5

fight or flight response

Front 6

______________ is a three-stage reaction to stress.

Back 6

General Adaptation Syndrome

Front 7

_______________ act on the mind like morphine and opiates, producing a sense of well-being.

Back 7

endorphins

Front 8

______________ is described as rising hormone levels result in increased blood volume, blood glucose levels, epinephrine and norepinephrin amounts, heart rate, blood flow to the muscles, oxygen intakem and mental alertness.

Back 8

alarm reaction

Front 9

____________ is described when the body stabilizes and responds in the opposite manner to the alarm reaction.

Back 9

resistance stage

Front 10

Occurs when the body is no longer able to resist the effects of the stressor

Back 10

exhaustion stage

Front 11

Evaluating an event for its personal meaning

Back 11

primary appraisal

Front 12

Focuses on possible coping strategies

Back 12

secondary appraisal

Front 13

Person's effort to manage psychological stress

Back 13

coping

Front 14

Allow a person to cope with stress indirectly

Back 14

ego-defense mechanisms

Front 15

damaging stress

Back 15

distress

Front 16

Stress that protects health, is motivating

Back 16

eustress

Front 17

A trauma occurs and its effects will sometimes last well after the event ends

Back 17

post-traumatic stress disorger

Front 18

Consists of the person displaying at least three acute dissociative symptoms

Back 18

acute distress disorder

Front 19

Recurrent or intrusive recollections of the event

Back 19

flashbacks

Front 20

Requires new coping skills and occurs as the person moves through life's stages

Back 20

developmental crisis

Front 21

Identify the three structures that control the body's response to a stressor

Back 21

medulla oblongata
reticular formation
pituitary gland

Front 22

The nurse is responsible to help intervene to reduce stress or more make it more bearable.

Back 22

Neuman Systems Model

Front 23

The nurse helps to improve the patient's overall health

Back 23

Pender's health promotion model